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More Reasoning With Bro. Lane By Bro. Jacob Norton.
and hence he calls it a 1732 Lodge . Now , it is possible that in those days the Grand Secretary did not press for immediate payment for charters , but , whatever the cause of the delay of payment may have been , the combined
testimony furnished by all the Lodge lists ( as already shown ) , that our No . 79 was constituted in 1731 , cannot be set aside ; besides which if the said Lodgo had been constituted on the 21 st of November 1732 it would havo
been No . 108 instead of 79 . On further comparing Gould's list No . 11 with Rawlinson's list of 1733 I find not only several variations in the locations of Lodges , that is , the Lodges that removed from their old places since 1732 , but I find also that whereas No . 's 42 and 67 were vacant in Gould's list , in
Rawlinson ' s list the blanks were filled up , as follows : " 42 Salutation , Billingsgate , " and " 67 Castle , St . Giles ' , " which indicates that the said Lodges were dormant in 1732 , but were restored to their original rank in 1733 . In a like manner No . 79 was dormant in 1733 and in 1734
but on 24 th February 1735 our No . 79 was represented by its Officers in the Grand Lodge , and continued No . 79 till 1740 , when its number was changed to 68 . It is a curious coincidence that at the very meeting when No . 79 was restored the Grand Lodge passed the following law , viz . : —
" If any Lodge within the Bills of Mortality shall cease to meet regularly during ; twelve successive months , its name and place shall be erased or blotted out of the Grand Lodge book and engraven list , and if they petition to be again inserted and owned as a regular Lodge it must lose its former place and rank of precedency and submit to a new Constitution . "
The next Lodge list is Gould ' s No . 12 , where I find the above quoted five Lodges succeed each other in the same order , and all still continued to meet in the same places , save and except No . 79 , which then ( in 1736 ) met at the Crown and Angels , in Little St . Martin ' s Laue .
And last , in an imperfect Lodge list in Anderson ' s Constitution of 1738 , which is confined to Lodges " in and about Loudon and Westminster ; " after the Lodge
constituted 11 th January 1731 , which still held its meetings at the Black Lyon , in Jockey Fields , we have the Lodge that met at the Two Angels and Crown , in Little St . Martin ' s Lane , to which is added 1731 .
And now , having had my say , should Bro . Lane still persist that a charter No . 79 was sent to Philadelphia in 1731 , I respectfully ask him to prove when the Grand Lodge of England ever granted two charters with one and the same number ?
Lastly , I respectfully ask Bro . Lane , and all who err with him about the Philadelphia Masouic Mother question , to read Bro . Gould ' s Masonic History , Vol . 6 , chap . 31 , which chapter is devoted to " Fre * emasonry in the United States of America . " BOSTON , U . S ., 15 th April 1887 .
What Is Freemasonry ?
WHAT IS FREEMASONRY ?
An Oration delivered by Bro . 0 . A . Bassett , Grand Orator , at the Banquet given the members of the Grand Lodge of Kansas by the Masons of Atchison , on Wednesday evening ,
16 th February 1887 . ( Continued from p 261 ) . MASONRY AS ILLUSTRATED BY SYMBOLS .
Among the Ancients two methods of expression by symbols existed , the hieroglyphic and the enigmatic . The hieroglyphic imitated the thing sought to be represented , while the enigmatic expressed the meaning by imagery .
By the hieroglyphic the working tools of the first degree would be represented by the twenty-four-inch gauge and the common gavel , but by the enigmatic the lamb might denote innocence , and the white lamb-skin purity .
Hieroglyphic instruction prevails to so great an extent in the first three degrees in Masonry , that they are called the symbolic degrees . The ancient philosophers took delight in throwing around themselves , and their
philosophy as much of mystery as possible , that the uninformed might wonder at their great learning , and so when they sought to convey ideas by means of symbols they generally used the enigmatic .
The symbolism of Masonry is the more instructive , because it is largely enigmatic , and therefore capable of more extended representation of ideas , as well as requiring more diligent study to solve and explain their meaning .
What Is Freemasonry ?
Each degree is said to constitute a symbol , the first degree represents the birth of intelligence ; the second degree represents the advancement of knowledge , and the third
degree represents the matured mind ; taking these as a whole they symbolize tho infancy , youth and manhood of the mind .
A celebrated Masonic writer has said the lessons of the first degree symbolize the youth receiving those elementary instructions which are to fit him for entering upon the active duties of life , preparatory to further advancement ;
the lessons of the second degree symbolise the man engaged in the investigation of his chosen work , labouring diligently in the tasks it prescribes , and so enlarging his mind by the acquisition of new ideas , that he is enabled to extend his
usefulness to his fellows ; aud the lessons of the third degree symbolise the man who has completed his work , and having been faithful to all his trusts , receives the reward of his fidelity .
The moral lessons of Masonry , their description by allegory , and their symbolical representations are well described in the words of that venerable Mason before
referred to ; he had symbolised in his career youth , manhood , and old age ; he had symbolized in his life the first , and the second and the third degrees in Masonry ,
with the exception only that he was awaiting his final reward . When surrounded by his friends and asked , " What is life ? " it was thus he spake :
" 0 , young inquirers , ye who would obtain knowledge , why hath it been willed that thy steps hath been led to me ? Know ye not that recollections from a worn memory come like the drops of a niggardly libation from a damaged urn ?
" When Morning took me by the hand I had no aims and no ambitions . She led me in the green valleys , where the flowers bloomed , and filled tho air with fragrance , aud my heart with poetry . She led me in the shady groves ,
where birds carolled , and filled the air with melody , and my heart with music . I saw in the sunbeams bright spirits fluttering over me , like young nightingales trying their new wings , and I thought this is life , and all these things are created for my pleasure .
" When Noon stood beside me , I felt a force which constrained me to remain no longer idle . He directed me to the temples of learning , and taught me art , science and literature , and filled my heart with information . He
directed me over vast plains and trackless oceans , and taught me agriculture , commerce and the science of government , and filled my heart , with selfishness . 1 beheld
in the sunlight bright visions hovering over me , like mystic divinities awaiting to crown the victor , and I thought this is life , and all these things were created to serve my ambition .
When Night approached me , I drew my mantle closer , for an influence of unquiet seemed stealing over me . She guided me to the scenes of youthhood ' s pleasures , and the fields of manhood ' s ambitions , but ruin and desolation
filled the whole earth , and my soul with sadness . She guided me to the summit of a lofty mountain and showed me the vast expanse of the universe , and there taught me the lesson of immortality , to place my feet iu the true way ,
and filled my soul with an immortal longing . I beheld in the eternal sunshine the beatific vision , and heard the welcoming songs of the heavenly choir , and I exclaimed this is life and 1 have been created to prepare for it .
" When the first transports of my joy had subsided , I turned to thank my guide , but she was gone . I was alone , and since then I have never quitted the mountain ' s summit . Sometimes I wander , and in my musings see
some passing nymph , and charm-struck , I wind my arms around the busts of pleasure , and shadows fall across my path . Sometimes I wander further , and in my reveries see some eagle traversing the sky , and watching it , I wind
my arms around the bodies of ambitious heroes , and darkness falls upon me . Then , hastening to return to the true way , I wind my arms again around the trunks of the aged oaks of immortality , and the darkness is dispelled ,
the shadows vanish , aud I behold once more the broad sunlight of the universe gilding every mountain top . This is the story of my life , and I now await the last summons , which will soon call me home , to the home of my immortal longing . "
MY BROTHERS : Sacred history informs us that it was determined in the Councils of Infinite Wisdom that a temple should be founded in Jerusalem which should be erected to God , and dedicated to His holy name . The high
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More Reasoning With Bro. Lane By Bro. Jacob Norton.
and hence he calls it a 1732 Lodge . Now , it is possible that in those days the Grand Secretary did not press for immediate payment for charters , but , whatever the cause of the delay of payment may have been , the combined
testimony furnished by all the Lodge lists ( as already shown ) , that our No . 79 was constituted in 1731 , cannot be set aside ; besides which if the said Lodgo had been constituted on the 21 st of November 1732 it would havo
been No . 108 instead of 79 . On further comparing Gould's list No . 11 with Rawlinson's list of 1733 I find not only several variations in the locations of Lodges , that is , the Lodges that removed from their old places since 1732 , but I find also that whereas No . 's 42 and 67 were vacant in Gould's list , in
Rawlinson ' s list the blanks were filled up , as follows : " 42 Salutation , Billingsgate , " and " 67 Castle , St . Giles ' , " which indicates that the said Lodges were dormant in 1732 , but were restored to their original rank in 1733 . In a like manner No . 79 was dormant in 1733 and in 1734
but on 24 th February 1735 our No . 79 was represented by its Officers in the Grand Lodge , and continued No . 79 till 1740 , when its number was changed to 68 . It is a curious coincidence that at the very meeting when No . 79 was restored the Grand Lodge passed the following law , viz . : —
" If any Lodge within the Bills of Mortality shall cease to meet regularly during ; twelve successive months , its name and place shall be erased or blotted out of the Grand Lodge book and engraven list , and if they petition to be again inserted and owned as a regular Lodge it must lose its former place and rank of precedency and submit to a new Constitution . "
The next Lodge list is Gould ' s No . 12 , where I find the above quoted five Lodges succeed each other in the same order , and all still continued to meet in the same places , save and except No . 79 , which then ( in 1736 ) met at the Crown and Angels , in Little St . Martin ' s Laue .
And last , in an imperfect Lodge list in Anderson ' s Constitution of 1738 , which is confined to Lodges " in and about Loudon and Westminster ; " after the Lodge
constituted 11 th January 1731 , which still held its meetings at the Black Lyon , in Jockey Fields , we have the Lodge that met at the Two Angels and Crown , in Little St . Martin ' s Lane , to which is added 1731 .
And now , having had my say , should Bro . Lane still persist that a charter No . 79 was sent to Philadelphia in 1731 , I respectfully ask him to prove when the Grand Lodge of England ever granted two charters with one and the same number ?
Lastly , I respectfully ask Bro . Lane , and all who err with him about the Philadelphia Masouic Mother question , to read Bro . Gould ' s Masonic History , Vol . 6 , chap . 31 , which chapter is devoted to " Fre * emasonry in the United States of America . " BOSTON , U . S ., 15 th April 1887 .
What Is Freemasonry ?
WHAT IS FREEMASONRY ?
An Oration delivered by Bro . 0 . A . Bassett , Grand Orator , at the Banquet given the members of the Grand Lodge of Kansas by the Masons of Atchison , on Wednesday evening ,
16 th February 1887 . ( Continued from p 261 ) . MASONRY AS ILLUSTRATED BY SYMBOLS .
Among the Ancients two methods of expression by symbols existed , the hieroglyphic and the enigmatic . The hieroglyphic imitated the thing sought to be represented , while the enigmatic expressed the meaning by imagery .
By the hieroglyphic the working tools of the first degree would be represented by the twenty-four-inch gauge and the common gavel , but by the enigmatic the lamb might denote innocence , and the white lamb-skin purity .
Hieroglyphic instruction prevails to so great an extent in the first three degrees in Masonry , that they are called the symbolic degrees . The ancient philosophers took delight in throwing around themselves , and their
philosophy as much of mystery as possible , that the uninformed might wonder at their great learning , and so when they sought to convey ideas by means of symbols they generally used the enigmatic .
The symbolism of Masonry is the more instructive , because it is largely enigmatic , and therefore capable of more extended representation of ideas , as well as requiring more diligent study to solve and explain their meaning .
What Is Freemasonry ?
Each degree is said to constitute a symbol , the first degree represents the birth of intelligence ; the second degree represents the advancement of knowledge , and the third
degree represents the matured mind ; taking these as a whole they symbolize tho infancy , youth and manhood of the mind .
A celebrated Masonic writer has said the lessons of the first degree symbolize the youth receiving those elementary instructions which are to fit him for entering upon the active duties of life , preparatory to further advancement ;
the lessons of the second degree symbolise the man engaged in the investigation of his chosen work , labouring diligently in the tasks it prescribes , and so enlarging his mind by the acquisition of new ideas , that he is enabled to extend his
usefulness to his fellows ; aud the lessons of the third degree symbolise the man who has completed his work , and having been faithful to all his trusts , receives the reward of his fidelity .
The moral lessons of Masonry , their description by allegory , and their symbolical representations are well described in the words of that venerable Mason before
referred to ; he had symbolised in his career youth , manhood , and old age ; he had symbolized in his life the first , and the second and the third degrees in Masonry ,
with the exception only that he was awaiting his final reward . When surrounded by his friends and asked , " What is life ? " it was thus he spake :
" 0 , young inquirers , ye who would obtain knowledge , why hath it been willed that thy steps hath been led to me ? Know ye not that recollections from a worn memory come like the drops of a niggardly libation from a damaged urn ?
" When Morning took me by the hand I had no aims and no ambitions . She led me in the green valleys , where the flowers bloomed , and filled tho air with fragrance , aud my heart with poetry . She led me in the shady groves ,
where birds carolled , and filled the air with melody , and my heart with music . I saw in the sunbeams bright spirits fluttering over me , like young nightingales trying their new wings , and I thought this is life , and all these things are created for my pleasure .
" When Noon stood beside me , I felt a force which constrained me to remain no longer idle . He directed me to the temples of learning , and taught me art , science and literature , and filled my heart with information . He
directed me over vast plains and trackless oceans , and taught me agriculture , commerce and the science of government , and filled my heart , with selfishness . 1 beheld
in the sunlight bright visions hovering over me , like mystic divinities awaiting to crown the victor , and I thought this is life , and all these things were created to serve my ambition .
When Night approached me , I drew my mantle closer , for an influence of unquiet seemed stealing over me . She guided me to the scenes of youthhood ' s pleasures , and the fields of manhood ' s ambitions , but ruin and desolation
filled the whole earth , and my soul with sadness . She guided me to the summit of a lofty mountain and showed me the vast expanse of the universe , and there taught me the lesson of immortality , to place my feet iu the true way ,
and filled my soul with an immortal longing . I beheld in the eternal sunshine the beatific vision , and heard the welcoming songs of the heavenly choir , and I exclaimed this is life and 1 have been created to prepare for it .
" When the first transports of my joy had subsided , I turned to thank my guide , but she was gone . I was alone , and since then I have never quitted the mountain ' s summit . Sometimes I wander , and in my musings see
some passing nymph , and charm-struck , I wind my arms around the busts of pleasure , and shadows fall across my path . Sometimes I wander further , and in my reveries see some eagle traversing the sky , and watching it , I wind
my arms around the bodies of ambitious heroes , and darkness falls upon me . Then , hastening to return to the true way , I wind my arms again around the trunks of the aged oaks of immortality , and the darkness is dispelled ,
the shadows vanish , aud I behold once more the broad sunlight of the universe gilding every mountain top . This is the story of my life , and I now await the last summons , which will soon call me home , to the home of my immortal longing . "
MY BROTHERS : Sacred history informs us that it was determined in the Councils of Infinite Wisdom that a temple should be founded in Jerusalem which should be erected to God , and dedicated to His holy name . The high